Job summary
It is an exciting time to join the Learning and Career Development team at MTW NHS Trust. We are investing in building a team focussed on ensuring staff and their managers are supported on the journey from candidate to competent colleague and beyond.
The role will include:
- Supporting the implementation of all aspects of the Learning and Career Development strategy. This will include the development, implementation and procurement of an annual training planSupporting the design and delivery of a range of learning and career development interventions across the organisation, helping to improve organisational culture in line with our PRIDE values and MTW Leadership Behaviours and promoting Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust as the employer of choice.
- The post holder will support the Learning and Career Development Manager and wider team to commission and deliver individual, team and organisational development programmes and work streams including talent management, succession planning and associated engagement activities.
Main duties of the job
- We are looking for individuals who have:
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- The ability to prioritise a workload of multiple tasks
- Committed to supporting career development and delivering a quality experience for all stakeholders
- Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to act with sensitivity and have the confidence to challenge with diplomacy
About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
Looking for flexible working?We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it's adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.
Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
o At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).o Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefitso Blue Light card eligibilityo And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
Job description
Job responsibilities
Weve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Weve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum Level 4 qualification in Education and Training, HR or Business
- Evidence of continuous personal development, e.g. attending courses
Desirable
- Educated to degree level
- Membership of professional body relating to Training and Development, e.g. Institute of Training and Occupational Learning (ITOL
- Coaching and Mentoring qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a HR/L&D/OD function
- Supporting the design, delivery and evaluation of training programmes and other learning and development interventions in a large multi-disciplinary organisation.
- Supporting the delivery of staff engagement events and activities including focus groups
- Demonstrable success in working collaboratively across professions, services and organisational boundaries.
- An awareness and understanding of the NHS, its structure and some of its priorities
- Experience of identifying learning and development needs, finding solutions, designing and delivering L&D activities including e-learning
- Monitoring, reviewing and evaluating the outcomes and impact of training interventions
- Engaging service users in enhancing the quality of learning provision
- Participation in operational planning and the construction of project management plans.
- Experience of managing external training providers/ suppliers
- Involvement in administering an online learning system.
Desirable
- Project management
- Trained and experienced in facilitating and giving feedback to individuals and teams
- Using a range of team and individual diagnostic/feedback tools e.g. 360 degree feedback and other psychometric tools such as MBTI, Insights and Belbin
- Understanding of supporting learners into employment and career pathways through education, including hard to reach groups
- An understanding of education qualifications and standards
- Understanding of FE rules
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to network, influence and build good working relationships
- Report writing
- IT Using Microsoft Outlook/Email
- Microsoft Office Applications - Advanced Skills
- Knowledge of e-learning
- Numerate and Literate
- Analytical skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills, face-to-face and telephone
- Excellent presentation of written/printed work
- Thorough and accurate even when working to tight deadlines
- Able to support, manage, develop a diverse workforce, recognising and valuing their different backgrounds, their individual and specific needs
- Ability to support and develop existing team members
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum Level 4 qualification in Education and Training, HR or Business
- Evidence of continuous personal development, e.g. attending courses
Desirable
- Educated to degree level
- Membership of professional body relating to Training and Development, e.g. Institute of Training and Occupational Learning (ITOL
- Coaching and Mentoring qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a HR/L&D/OD function
- Supporting the design, delivery and evaluation of training programmes and other learning and development interventions in a large multi-disciplinary organisation.
- Supporting the delivery of staff engagement events and activities including focus groups
- Demonstrable success in working collaboratively across professions, services and organisational boundaries.
- An awareness and understanding of the NHS, its structure and some of its priorities
- Experience of identifying learning and development needs, finding solutions, designing and delivering L&D activities including e-learning
- Monitoring, reviewing and evaluating the outcomes and impact of training interventions
- Engaging service users in enhancing the quality of learning provision
- Participation in operational planning and the construction of project management plans.
- Experience of managing external training providers/ suppliers
- Involvement in administering an online learning system.
Desirable
- Project management
- Trained and experienced in facilitating and giving feedback to individuals and teams
- Using a range of team and individual diagnostic/feedback tools e.g. 360 degree feedback and other psychometric tools such as MBTI, Insights and Belbin
- Understanding of supporting learners into employment and career pathways through education, including hard to reach groups
- An understanding of education qualifications and standards
- Understanding of FE rules
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to network, influence and build good working relationships
- Report writing
- IT Using Microsoft Outlook/Email
- Microsoft Office Applications - Advanced Skills
- Knowledge of e-learning
- Numerate and Literate
- Analytical skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills, face-to-face and telephone
- Excellent presentation of written/printed work
- Thorough and accurate even when working to tight deadlines
- Able to support, manage, develop a diverse workforce, recognising and valuing their different backgrounds, their individual and specific needs
- Ability to support and develop existing team members
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
